The meaning of the rule of law is fairly simple, but its application can often lead to considerable problems: decision-makers of a society express their decisions in terms of general rules or principles, which are then applied automatically and...

The rule of law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. The rule follows logically from the idea that truth, and therefore law, is based upon fundamental principles which can be discovered, but which cannot be created...